Associate Project Manager, Construction - East

Wingstop

7h•Remote

About The Position

Wingstop is a fast-growing brand in the restaurant industry, founded in 1994, with a mission to Serve the World Flavor. The company's success is attributed to its people and core values: entrepreneurial, service-minded, fun, and authentic. This creates a crave-worthy culture and talented team, ensuring accelerated brand growth. Wingstop is seeking an Associate Project Manager, Construction to monitor the construction process of its Brand Partner (franchised) restaurants. This role is crucial for the success of new construction and remodels, ensuring adherence to Wingstop's prototypical brand standards. This position is remote and will be part of the West region.

Requirements

Frequent use of a computer and other technology essential to the successful completion of your everyday role responsibilities, often in a seated position.
Frequent use of mental energy while expressing or exchanging ideas and information with colleagues, Brand Partners, and extended Wingstop team.
Routine use of physical energy while traveling throughout the region (50-75%).
Ability to shift and balance priorities across multiple projects, while ensuring deadlines are met, quality maintained, and urgency upheld.
Recognize that the real work happens in the restaurants, and everything we do should support their success.
Stay humble, roll up your sleeves, and always look for ways to help.
Learn from others and contribute wherever you can.
Care deeply about doing great work and driving results.
Be curious, ask questions, and seek out opportunities to improve.
Bring solutions, ideas, and perspectives that move the team forward.
Take full responsibility for your work and see things through to completion.
Not afraid to fail because you know that failure is a part of learning and growth.
Take action, move fast, and keep pushing forward.
Lead with empathy, respect, and emotional intelligence.
Collaborate effectively, fostering a culture of trust and constructive feedback.
Understand the importance of teamwork and ensure that your actions build others up rather than break them down.
Push yourself and others to be better.
Embrace healthy conflict, knowing that great ideas and strong teams emerge from honest, constructive conversations.
Believe that leaders create leaders and are committed to fostering a culture of growth, challenge, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Monitor the development/construction of new stores.
Manage General Contractors, and Vendors relationships.
Manage General Contractor, and vendor schedules, timelines, and deliveries, while providing quality control assurance of the brand’s prototypical standards.
Interface with GC’s working on various phases of multiple projects to ensure Wingstop Standards are being met for all Brand Partner restaurants.
Track and control construction and vendor schedules to achieve completion of projects within adequate timeframes for successful, on-time openings.
Review progress reports and pictures, check on any reported difficulties, and correct other reported deficiencies.
Regularly review, communicate, and provide reports on progress and any necessary modifications of plans that seem indicated to Wingstop team and Brand Partners
Build relationships with internal & external cross-functional teams and communicate effectively.
Review and advise Brand Partners of change orders and additional fee collections from approved vendors and/or GC’s.
Coordinate the décor element installation with GC’s and procurement with vendors.
Coordinate final inspection with GC’s and Brand Partners and create required punch list to be completed prior to all new restaurant openings.
Analyze, manage, and mitigate risks.
Identify and communicate new ideas and solutions to create efficiencies in the operation.
Represent the Wingstop brand in a professional, polished manner always.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Unlimited paid time off for exempt employees
One paid volunteer day of your choice
Competitive bonus structure for eligible roles
Team member stock purchase plan
Health savings or flexible spending account options
401k – (dollar for dollar on the first 3% and then 50 cents on the dollar for the next 2% for team member contributions up to 5% of eligible compensation)
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
Basic life and AD&D insurance provided
Pet insurance
Education Assistance
Wellness reimbursement program
Paid maternity and paternity leave
Lunch provided every Tuesday and Thursday in office
Discount on Wingstop gift cards
Onsite game room